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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:19 PM
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Hey Guys,

I'm lowering my car next week, and I measure the lowest parts of the exhaust at 3.5" off the ground. Which means after lowering it will be at about 2.3". Do I need to worry about hitting the exhaust? That doesn't seem like much clearance to me?

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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:24 PM
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Yes. It's going to hit for sure. I love the looks but it's not worth it to me.
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What exhuast setup do you have? A true dual system...?
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:37 PM
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It's the SLP TOTL
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Old Apr 18, 2009 | 02:36 AM
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Does anybody have a lowered car that can tell me if they have issues with the exhaust?
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Old Apr 18, 2009 | 07:27 AM
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Im lowering carf with strano springs and also looking at SLP new header style that offers better ground clearance. If you have SLP old style you might have issues
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You will learn to avoid every speed bump and the particular automatic car washes that rip your headers off.
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